Surgeons Trade Unions have decided to suspend all normal Dental treatments provide by All Dental Units throughout the island including National Dental Institute in Colombo until further notice in view of avoid the spreading of Corona virus in the country .

Accordingly All normal dental treatment facilities avaiable includes removing tooth ,cleaning and nerve fillings will not be performed in dental units until further notice .

Only Emergancy treatment and surgeries will be performed in Dental units .Public are being advised to visit a dental doctor only if an Emergancy treatment needed

divisions at Puttalam , Chilaw and Negambo Districts since this evening (18)is scheduled to be lifted temporarily at 8 a.m tomorrow morning (19 )and will be re imposed at 2 p.m in the evening until further notice according to the Police.

The curfew has been imposed since 4.30.p.m this evening in view of preventing spread of Corona virus here .

been confirmed today (18)bringing the total number of Corona virus positives in the country to 52 according to Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

Three Sri lankan tourist guides who guided a group of British tourists visited here recently ,A person arrived from Britain and two persons arrived from India are among those corona virus positives identified within today .

Around 212 persons suspected as infected with Corona Virus are being treated at 16 government Hospitals including Infectious Diseases Hospital Angoda by this noon .

Meanwhile Army Commander General Shavendra De Silva had stated today that 18 out of 52 corona positives identified in the country are from quarantine Centers

A curfew has been imposed in 11 Police divisions of Puttalam District ,07 Police divisions of Chilaw and Kochchikade police division of Negambo with effect from 4.30 p.m this evening (18) until further notice in view of avoiding the spread of Corona Virus according to Police Department.

Accordingly curfew has been imposed in 11 Police divisions of Puttalam District including Puttalam, Anamaduwa and Kalpitiya Police divisions ,areas in Chilaw Police Division imcluding Chilaw, Dankotuwa and Marawila and Kochchikade Police division in Negambo .

Hundreds of thousands of persons arrived from Italy recently are being located at Puttalam District avoiding quarantine process according to Police.